Category: Anti-Trafficking & Exploitation

General election: we signed a joint letter calling for a renewed commitment to ending modern slavery in the UK and around the world

Alongside over 60 anti-trafficking organisations, we urge election candidates to prioritise modern slavery. The letter highlights three key priorities for the future government to take action on. It...

Rwanda Act: We signed a joint open letter addressed to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Alongside over 250 organisations, following the passage of the UK Parliament’s ‘Safety of Rwanda’ Bill, we wrote to the Prime Minister to express our outrage. We urge the UK Government to listen to the...

Second reading in the House of Lords for the Rwanda Bill: We signed a joint statement with over 250 organisations

Alongside over 250 charities and organisations across UK we signed a joint statement calling on the House of Lords to reject the shameful Rwanda Bill. You can access the joint statement here....

PRESS RELEASE: We call upon the Scottish Government to heed the recommendations of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s report and take action to safeguard the human rights of the people attacked by the Illegal Migration Act 2023

We call upon the Scottish Government to heed the recommendations of the Committee’s report, reaffirm its commitment to take action, and say clearly and publicly what steps it will take to safeguard the...

#RefugeeBanBill: We signed a joint civil society statement on the passage of the Bill

Alongside a coalition of 290 organisations representing the human rights, migrants’ rights, refugee and asylum, anti-trafficking, children’s, violence against women and girls, LGBTQI+, disability rights,...

#RefugeeBanBill: we signed a joint letter addressed to the Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer

Together with Scottish Refugee Council, Human Rights Consortium Scotland and Amnesty Scotland, we wrote to Alison Johnstone - Presiding Officer, Scottish Parliament, asking for an explanation re the...

#RefugeeBanBill: we signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling on the UK Government to scrap plans to lock up refugee children

Together with UK’s top children’s charities, we signed an open letter to the Prime Minister, calling on the UK Government to scrap plans to lock up refugee children as part of the [Illegal] Migration ...

Amendment on compliance with international obligations: We signed a joint briefing on the #RefugeeBanBill

Together with over 60 organisations working across the UK, we signed this joint briefing to urge Parliamentarians to support the cross-party Lords Amendment on compliance with international obligations...

PRESS RELEASE: Scottish Government must show ‘real leadership’ to stop UK Government’s attack on human rights

Alongside Scottish Refugee Council and Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, we call on the Scottish Government and public bodies to use their powers and fulfil their human rights obligations...

#RefugeeBanBill: we signed an open letter in support of an amendment to remove Albania from a list of ‘safe countries’

We have signed this letter alongside other organisations across UK asking Parliamentarians to consider the gravity of this issue, to reflect on the personal narratives and factual data provided, and to...

House of Lords, Second Reading: our joint civil society solidarity statement on the #RefugeeBanBill

Together with a coalition of 176 civil society organisations representing the human rights, migrant, refugee, asylum, anti-slavery and trafficking, children’s, violence against women and girls, LGBTQI+,...

House of Lords, Second Reading: our joint briefing on the #RefugeeBanBill

Alongside a large coalition of organisations working across human rights, migrant justice, asylum, modern slavery, healthcare and many more civil society sectors in the UK, we have provided our contributions...

PRESS RELEASE: Experts call for political parties to pledge to better protect refugee victims of sexual and gender-based violence in 2024 manifestos

British political parties must promise to better protect victims of forced migration and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in their 2024 general election manifestos. A coalition of organisations...

#RightsRemovalBill: we signed a joint letter addressed to the Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights

Alongside other organisations across the sector, we have signed a joint letter calling on the Joint Committee on Human Rights to highlight our concerns about the UK Government’s attempts to undermine ...

Children missing from Home Office hotels: we wrote to the Prime Minister

Together with over 100 charities we have written to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling for action on children going missing from Home Office hotels at risk of trafficking and exploitation. We asked...

PRESS RELEASE – Scottish Parliament urged to probe impact of ‘Rights Removal Bill’ on devolution

Together with Amnesty, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland and the Children and Young People’s Commissioner, we have written to the Scottish Parliament asking them to hold a formal Inquiry on the impact...

Open Letter from the Anti-Trafficking Sector Regarding Situation in Ukraine

We have signed a joint letter - alongside non-governmental organisations who work to end human trafficking and modern slavery, to declare in solidarity that we condemn the invasion of Ukraine launched...

PRESS RELEASE: 60+ Scottish organisations unite against UK Nationality and Borders Bill and ask MSPs to refuse legislative consent

Ahead of the debate in the Scottish Parliament on the Nationality and Borders Bill,  we’ve worked with the Scottish Refugee Council and Rape Crisis Scotland to highlight the particular impact on women...

PRESS RELEASE: Survivor Engagement: Assisting Integration in Human Trafficking  

Today, we held an online event to share the results of a 2-year EU AMIF funded project which has focused on the long-term integration of trafficked women recovering from sexual exploitation as well as...